Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-04-14
MORMONS At THE PLAY.
A Rather Singular Performance In the
Salt Lake City Thcater.

Salt Lake City Thcater.
(, performance 1T the theater being
announced for that evening. we deter
mined to 60 and see the Mormons I'M
der the influence of the drama. The
theater is large. well-proportioned
building. with four galleries. rather
dingy, but much better than any thea
ter in Eastern towns of the size of Salt
Lake City. The audience was largely
composed of women. Groups of four
or six of these were attended by one
man, and many of them came quite
without escort. They were dressed. if
without taste, without vulgarity, and
among the younger ones saw several
very pretty girlish faces, some of which
would have been more attractive if an
improvement on Natures colOrs had
not been attempted. The appearance
of the men was infinitely repulsive.
Coarse and heavy faces they had. for
the most part with stupid, animal ex-
preston. had almost written. british
faces. Hard faces, too. without mo-
bility or kindliness. They wear the
beard full, with upper lip shaven. If the
mouth is the tell-tale feature of the face,
as is often said. it is as well. possibly,
that the majority of mankind wear it
covered, for the tale these Mormon
mouths told was not pleasant one to-
read. Many nationalities were to be
trace in the assembly pale-faced
Swedes and rudy Welsh folk; the
sandy. Scotchman was not wanting.
nor yet the swarthy Chinese: but best
among them all to see was the delicate
face of a Gentle, a young Office. from
the fort near by, sitting alone amid a
group of saints, who regarded him
with any thing but amiable glances.
1t was the opening night of Mr..
Raymond's engageme mt, and the play
chosen we thought a singular one.
Fresh, the American" is familiar to
many theater goers. but was quite new
to us. 1t is the story of an Egyptian
Princess, who has been educated in
Paris, and is finally recalled to her
fathers harem. where she inveighs
against the horror of his dozen wives
from whose envious society she is
finally rescued by Fresh, the American.
Think" said Fresh, ''of fifty mothers
in law: KNEW man who was once
talked to death by one.'' ''Do not
force me, father" cries the heroine.
''to become the wretched chattel of
this infamous man, to share what he
calls his love, with dozen other
wretches who call themselves his
wives" Many such hits, which were
home-thrusts, were listened to silently
by the audience, from whom we ex-
pected every moment some disorder or
remonstrance. But all was quiet, and
in the second act, where the plot
turned little from these offensive
points, the people laughed heartily and
applauded with enthusiasm. 1t was q
bold thing, this carrying the war into
the enemy's country, and we respected
Mr.. Raymond for it. Twenty years
ago l would not have taken all of his
..millions" to stand in his place.-Utah
Cor. Boston Transcript.
According to Drexler. of 55.8S2
cattle slaughtered at Munich in 1875.
7O4. or LIS per cent. were affected With
tuberculosis in very evident manner.
Trapp reports that among 11.O79 cat-
tie killed in the Strasburg abattosr in
1880. go. or 1.9 per cent were .uber-
culouA For the same year 4andel
found ia. or 81 per cent. among 5. los
cattle slaughtered in the Mulhouse
abattoir; and in 1879 Stroll and Aagin
recorded 1.125. or 2.5 per cent Of ~
go slaughtered 1t Munich